To stand for election as leader of the Conservative Party was a mistake because Theresa May has neither the imagination nor flexibility for successful leadership in times of division and change. She tried to build a coalition between two opposing views within the Tory party, when she should have been building a coalition for a […]
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The shocking fact that this country has more people in prison than any other democracy in Europe is one which has disturbed many people for a long time. Rory Stewart, the prisons minister, is now proposing a consultation on eliminating short term sentences of six months or less, because statistics show them to be a […]
The latest concessions from the Work and Pensions Secretary to reduce the hardship of Universal Credit on the most vulnerable and needy is very welcome, but it cannot gloss over the fact that this a complicated and confusing benefit which will never work properly in practice. It may be clever, it may be intellectually elegant […]
The vote on May’s deal is set for Tuesday. It represents a climatic moment in a story of political confusion arising from the biggest failure of governance in GB’s peacetime history. But it will not end there because if the vote is lost absolutely nobody anywhere knows what will happen next, taking uncertainty about this […]
Trump has become his own worst enemy. His mid-east policy, especially in regard to Syria and Saudi Arabia, is a mess. In recent days Pompeo and Bolton have been in the region saying opposite things. Turkey is furious that Trump appears to be back peddling on his Syria withdrawal announcement, anger made worse by the […]